| NOUN | act | distraint, distress | the seizure and holding of property as security / security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim |
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| Meaning | The seizure and holding of property as security / security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim. | |
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| Synonym | distress | |
| Broader | seizure | The taking possession of something by legal process |
| Spanish | embargo | |
| Catalan | embargament | |
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